J. Except. People 2019, 8(1):29-37

The effect of choice-making on behavioral problems of children with autism spectrum disorder

Nan Zhang, Sheng Xu
Leshan Normal University, No. 778 Binhe Road, Central District, Leshan City, Sichuan Province, ZIP Code, City: 614000, China

Affected by biological and environmental factors, the problem of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have become more serious and received more attention. The reversal design of the single-subject research was used to study the effects of choice-making strategy on the behavior problem in the classroom situation of the children with ASD whether has influence or not and the effectiveness of intervention. The results show that the intervention of choice-making strategy has positive effects on the behavior problems of the study subject, and choice-making strategy intervene the avoidance and attention behaviors of the study subject effectively; and choice-making strategy had a good maintenance effect on the behavior problems of the study subject.

Keywords: children with ASD, choice-making, behavioral problems, intervention effectiveness

Published: June 11, 2019  Show citation

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Zhang, N., & Xu, S. (2019). The effect of choice-making on behavioral problems of children with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Exceptional People, 8(14), 29-37
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